I'm now sitting in front of the Internet PC at Highlands Coffee, Hanoi Tower. Just had a very "thick" Vietnam Coffee here, and I doubt if I could fall asleep tonight! Andrew is beside me using another PC, Ivy and Binh are at the dining table, Wyng and Huong are out for currency exchange.
We are just back to Hanoi from our 2-day-1-night Halong Bay (sleep on boat) tour. Till we finished the tour, no one has asked us to pay for the tour fees. However, will wait for the person-in-charge to call me, then we will go to her office and pay. Could not simply pay to the driver... else... troublesome.
As usual, the post written on the road will contain no photo.
Tonight, we will take a night train to Sapa. No chance for any shower today. Binh will tag along as he has not been to the place too. It's good to have a Vietnamese going along, as Vietnam is full of tricks and cheats.
Just like the 1st morning in Hanoi, a lady wanted to sell me 1 banana for 10,000 VND (appx RM2.14), so crazy. Eventually the hotel staff helped to get rid of her. Tonight, while having breakfast on the boat, we were charged for the coffee, which was "logically assumed" to be part of the provided breakfast. After the charged coffee, they further offered more which were FREE.
Funny, right? If they offered the free coffee first, then the subsequent ones with charge, people would have said NO. They are kinda clever, if we want to look at this from a positive perspective.
It's not the best season to visit Halong Bay, but it's hard for us to always get a right season to visit the right place.. so.. don't care la.. it's lucky enough that we did see and experience something, without the disturbance of rain, thunder etc. Last night, after our dinner at 6am, we were like... not sure what else to do.
Nevertheless, this is how a holiday should be, right?? There should be no need to fill up our time with tasks as usual. Instead, we should just relax, chat and then sleep.
After Sapa, we will have our Xmas day here in Hanoi, celebrating it together with 2 local friends, Binh and Huong. Then we tour Tam Coc on the next day. After that, Andrew and Ivy will continue their exploration in Vietnam, whilst Wyng and I will head to Ho Chi Minh, Phnom Penh then Siem Reap.
Okay.. I think this is enough for this round. I've been bad to leave my friends at the table and come update my blog here. See ya.
We are just back to Hanoi from our 2-day-1-night Halong Bay (sleep on boat) tour. Till we finished the tour, no one has asked us to pay for the tour fees. However, will wait for the person-in-charge to call me, then we will go to her office and pay. Could not simply pay to the driver... else... troublesome.
As usual, the post written on the road will contain no photo.
Tonight, we will take a night train to Sapa. No chance for any shower today. Binh will tag along as he has not been to the place too. It's good to have a Vietnamese going along, as Vietnam is full of tricks and cheats.
Just like the 1st morning in Hanoi, a lady wanted to sell me 1 banana for 10,000 VND (appx RM2.14), so crazy. Eventually the hotel staff helped to get rid of her. Tonight, while having breakfast on the boat, we were charged for the coffee, which was "logically assumed" to be part of the provided breakfast. After the charged coffee, they further offered more which were FREE.
Funny, right? If they offered the free coffee first, then the subsequent ones with charge, people would have said NO. They are kinda clever, if we want to look at this from a positive perspective.
It's not the best season to visit Halong Bay, but it's hard for us to always get a right season to visit the right place.. so.. don't care la.. it's lucky enough that we did see and experience something, without the disturbance of rain, thunder etc. Last night, after our dinner at 6am, we were like... not sure what else to do.
Nevertheless, this is how a holiday should be, right?? There should be no need to fill up our time with tasks as usual. Instead, we should just relax, chat and then sleep.
After Sapa, we will have our Xmas day here in Hanoi, celebrating it together with 2 local friends, Binh and Huong. Then we tour Tam Coc on the next day. After that, Andrew and Ivy will continue their exploration in Vietnam, whilst Wyng and I will head to Ho Chi Minh, Phnom Penh then Siem Reap.
Okay.. I think this is enough for this round. I've been bad to leave my friends at the table and come update my blog here. See ya.
2 comments:
Enjoy!!!!!!!! :-)
sure will do, andrea.. it's so cold now in Sapa!! merry xmas to u!!
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